Vienna was beleaguered from battles with Napoleon and Beethoven described the “cannons and misery all around.” In late 1813, Beethoven premiered his 7th symphony in Vienna as a benefit for soldiers ...

In 1778 the harp was still an undeveloped instrument of amateurs and not found in orchestras and pairing it with flute was pretty much unheard of. But Mozart received a commission from a flutist Duke ...